Manhood Perfectly Restored eBook

which is easily absorbed by the clothes, and rapidly
dries up, because it has become thin, watery and effete.
In addition to this loss he is subject to one equally
great on almost every occasion of +urinating+ and
+defecating+. This also takes place without any
consciousness on his part, and his only knowledge of
the fact is from the alarming weakness he experiences
after passing water or going to stool. Distraction
or absence of mind renders the judgment unfit for any
extensive enterprise.

The sexual powers are greatly weakened; the overtaxed
organs refuse to fulfill their legitimate task; their
susceptibility and irritability are so great that
the power of retention is lost, and the seminal fluid
is discharged prematurely.

The generative organs are wasted and inactive, or
so weakened as to secrete but a ropy, thin and glairy
fluid, having few or none of the characteristics of
Vital Fluid. Should the individual suffering this
way—­and either careless or unfortunate enough
to go uncured—­have offspring, they will
assuredly be puny in body and weakly in mind, and
will lead a miserable existence through the neglect
and indiscretion of their parent.

THIRD STAGE.—­STAGNATION AND WASTING.

This stage is an aggravation of the two preceding
stages combined.

The emissions are accompanied and followed by a disagreeable
and disgusting sensation of shame and misery.
The mind is absorbed as much as can be by the one
idea of its wretched situation, and the sufferer is
haunted by the thought that his condition and its cause
are known to the whole world, and that he is pitied
or scorned by every person he meets. He is hypochondriacal,
and fearful suggestions of self-destruction ever and
anon present themselves.

The power of mental concentration is entirely gone
and the memory is so feeble that the patient continually
forgets what he begins to say. The dimness of
vision is continual and so great as to be a material
annoyance; the eyes are wandering or fixed upon the
ground, seldom venturing to meet the gaze of another.
The +ringing in the ears+, +pains in the head and
over the eyes+ are almost perpetual and frequently
accompanied by partial deafness. +The heart is the
seat of pain+, +fluttering+ and +throbbing+ with +violent
and long-continued palpitation+, his hands shake,
his limbs tremble, his knees are weak, so much so
that at times it is almost impossible for him to walk
erect. He experiences an insatiable desire for
sleep, and yet upon retiring he lies awake for hours,
tormented by his troubled reflections, and at last
falls into an uneasy slumber, of short duration, disturbed
by wretched dreams.